Poems (Truesdell)/Stanzas
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STANZAS.
"But ties around this heart were spun,
That could not, would not, be undone."
That could not, would not, be undone."
Oh! it is but a little while
Since thou and I first met,
And yet thy image on my soul
Is deeply, firmly set.
Since thou and I first met,
And yet thy image on my soul
Is deeply, firmly set.
'Tis but a little while since thou
Wert all unknown to me,
And now thou art the guiding star
That rules my destiny.
Wert all unknown to me,
And now thou art the guiding star
That rules my destiny.
I knew it—felt it—ere I stood
One moment by thy side;
And with rebuking sternness sought
The feeling back to chide.
One moment by thy side;
And with rebuking sternness sought
The feeling back to chide.
But vain—it gathered o'er my heart,
Like waters o'er the deep;
A feeling in my soul was roused
That would not, could not, sleep.
Like waters o'er the deep;
A feeling in my soul was roused
That would not, could not, sleep.
I stood amid the young, the proud,
The gallant and the gay,
With not a thought for those around,
And not a word to say.
The gallant and the gay,
With not a thought for those around,
And not a word to say.
I looked in those dark eyes of thine,
With strange and timid fear,
And turned away with pallid cheek
And scarcely hidden tear;
With strange and timid fear,
And turned away with pallid cheek
And scarcely hidden tear;
For, though thy voice was ever kind
As friendship's voice could be,
Others had shared those gentle tones,
Breathed not alone for me.
As friendship's voice could be,
Others had shared those gentle tones,
Breathed not alone for me.
I think of thee at early morn,
And dream of thee at night,—
A day-star set within my soul,
For ever pure and bright.
And dream of thee at night,—
A day-star set within my soul,
For ever pure and bright.
All other hopes may fade away,—
Life's earliest dreams depart,—
But thou are graved on memory,
Enshrined within my heart.
Life's earliest dreams depart,—
But thou are graved on memory,
Enshrined within my heart.